Awesome Experiments in Light & Sound

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-30
Publisher(s): Sterling
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Summary

It's time to see the light and produce some good vibrations--with these totally awesome, kid-friendly experiments. Make cereal dance to the music and watch light bounce off a mirror and hit a bull's-eye. Hear your heart pumping through a funnel and tubing. Create a big boom in your room. Display the visible spectrum of light in a glorious rainbow tray. 47 experiments in all! Master teacher and author Michael diSpezio--who has written dozens of textbooks, puzzle books, and articles--knows how entertain kids...and teach them at the same time. 160 pages, 90 b/w illus., 6 x 9.

Table of Contents

Safety First 6(6)
Introduction 6(2)
PART ONE LIGHT
Catch the Rays
8(2)
Rainbow Tray
10(2)
Cliff-Hanger
12(2)
Compact Colors
14(2)
Soapy Spectrum
16(2)
Rainbows: The Natural Way
18(2)
Adding Colors
20(2)
Whirling White
22(2)
Scratch Another Mirror
24(2)
As Others See You
26(2)
Mirror to Mirror
28(2)
Just for Fun
30(2)
Reflected Rays
32(2)
Bouncing Around
34(2)
What's Your Angle?
36(2)
Remote Reflection
38(2)
Mirrors in the Hall
40(2)
Kaleidoscope
42(2)
Up Periscope
44(2)
Reflections in a Spoon
46(2)
It's a Wrap
48(2)
One Way Out
50(2)
CD Copier
52(2)
Mirror Magic
54(2)
Reappearing Act
56(2)
More Magic
58(2)
Lights Out
60(2)
Reversed Writing
62(2)
Lens Bend
64(2)
Case of the Watery Magnifier
66(2)
The Heat is On
68(2)
Bent Pencil
70(2)
Marble Magic
72(2)
Pinhole Projection
74(2)
Project: Projector
76(2)
Mona Mia
78(2)
Right-Side Down?
80(2)
Color My Whirl
82(2)
Catch a Glimpse
84(6)
PART TWO SOUND
Beat Boppers
90(2)
Squish in Motion
92(2)
Sound Film
94(2)
Seeing with Sound
96(2)
Sound Spots
98(2)
What Does It Matter?
100(2)
Surface Sound
102(2)
It Rules
104(2)
Planted Sounds
106(2)
Straw Sounds
108(2)
Cut That Note
110(2)
Escape Hatch
112(2)
Slipping and Sliding
114(2)
Plucker Up
116(2)
Party Line
118(2)
King Gong
120(2)
Cackling Cup
122(2)
Singing Balloon
124(2)
Kazoo Kazoo?
126(2)
Bottle Sounds
128(2)
Clink, Clank, Clunk
130(2)
Crystal Clear
132(2)
String Sounds
134(2)
Pitch Switch
136(2)
A Little Splash
138(2)
A Bigger Sound
140(2)
Bonehead Sounds
142(2)
Sing with Me
144(2)
Vibrating Together
146(2)
Listening to the Beat
148(2)
Glasses for Hearing
150(2)
Big Boomer
152(2)
Ancient Recordings
154(2)
Space Voice
156(2)
Index 158(1)
Answers to Check it out! 159(1)
About the Author 160

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